Company Number: SC000135
Date of Incorporation: 30 April 1863
Contact Details: c/o PriceWaterhousCoopers LLP, Kintyre House, 209 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LW
Operating Details: Dissolved 3 March 2005
Other names (if known): Aviva Insurance (2002), The National Guarantee and Suretyship Association Limited (up to 2002)
Function of Company*: Life insurance/reinsurance (6601)
Headquarters/Base of Operations Location: Edinburgh, London
Area of Operation: By 1920 the company had branches in major UK cities (Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham), overseas branches in major cities in the British Empire (Alexandria, Barbados, Bombay, Karachi, Calcutta, Ceylon, Dublin, Madras, Rangoon, Myanmar, Cairo, Singapore)
*Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010
Scope/type: The Aviva archive contains records relating to the running of the National Guarantee and Suretyship Association Ltd between 1920 and 1987. The collection includes board minutes, policy literature, board of trade returns, journal and register of deeds.
Conditions governing access/use: Access is by appointment only, and at the discretion of the group archivist. Access to customer records less than 100 years old and company records less than 30 years old is closed except in very special circumstances. Access will only be granted on the understanding that the reader is engaged in bona fide historical research, and that the information extracted will not be used against the company or go beyond the agreed subject of research. For further information on specific searchroom rules please see http://www.aviva.com/about-us/heritage/our-archive/access-policy/
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Company History
The company was incorporated on April 30 1863 as The National Guarantee and Suretyship Association Ltd. According to an advertisement in 1873, the
"association provides security for the intromissions and fidelity of persons in situations of trust and responsibility, and undertakes all descriptions of guarantee business".
In 1914, the company became a subsidiary of the Northern Assurance Company Ltd (which became a subsidiary of the Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd in 1968). By 1927, the company was styling itself as
"the only British Company transacting Suretyship business alone including Indemnities for Lost Documents, Defective Titles, Missing Beneficiaries and other Contingencies".
In 1968, the company was still specialising in suretyship insurance, which was wholly reinsured with the holding company. Indeed, it wasn't until 1983 that the company was authorised to write fire, accident and marine insurance.
On March 11 2002, National Guarantee and Suretyship changed its name to Aviva Insurance Ltd, before changing it again on 27 November of the same year to Guarantee and Suretyship Insurance Company Ltd. On December 31 2002, the company was deregulated as part of progress towards liquidation. The company was dissolved on March 3 2005.
Information supplied from Aviva Group archives website, used here with thanks and permission
Guarantee and Suretyship Insurance Company Limited
Company Number: SC000135
Date of Incorporation: 30 April 1863
Contact Details: c/o PriceWaterhousCoopers LLP, Kintyre House, 209 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LW
Operating Details: Dissolved 3 March 2005
Other names (if known): Aviva Insurance (2002), The National Guarantee and Suretyship Association Limited (up to 2002)
Function of Company*: Life insurance/reinsurance (6601)
Headquarters/Base of Operations Location: Edinburgh, London
Area of Operation: By 1920 the company had branches in major UK cities (Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham), overseas branches in major cities in the British Empire (Alexandria, Barbados, Bombay, Karachi, Calcutta, Ceylon, Dublin, Madras, Rangoon, Myanmar, Cairo, Singapore)
*Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010
Records
Held By: Aviva Group Archives, Surrey House, Norwich GB 2070
Scope/type: The Aviva archive contains records relating to the running of the National Guarantee and Suretyship Association Ltd between 1920 and 1987. The collection includes board minutes, policy literature, board of trade returns, journal and register of deeds.
Conditions governing access/use: Access is by appointment only, and at the discretion of the group archivist. Access to customer records less than 100 years old and company records less than 30 years old is closed except in very special circumstances. Access will only be granted on the understanding that the reader is engaged in bona fide historical research, and that the information extracted will not be used against the company or go beyond the agreed subject of research. For further information on specific searchroom rules please see http://www.aviva.com/about-us/heritage/our-archive/access-policy/
Related records:
Company History
The company was incorporated on April 30 1863 as The National Guarantee and Suretyship Association Ltd. According to an advertisement in 1873, the
"association provides security for the intromissions and fidelity of persons in situations of trust and responsibility, and undertakes all descriptions of guarantee business".
In 1914, the company became a subsidiary of the Northern Assurance Company Ltd (which became a subsidiary of the Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd in 1968). By 1927, the company was styling itself as
"the only British Company transacting Suretyship business alone including Indemnities for Lost Documents, Defective Titles, Missing Beneficiaries and other Contingencies".
In 1968, the company was still specialising in suretyship insurance, which was wholly reinsured with the holding company. Indeed, it wasn't until 1983 that the company was authorised to write fire, accident and marine insurance.
On March 11 2002, National Guarantee and Suretyship changed its name to Aviva Insurance Ltd, before changing it again on 27 November of the same year to Guarantee and Suretyship Insurance Company Ltd. On December 31 2002, the company was deregulated as part of progress towards liquidation. The company was dissolved on March 3 2005.
Information supplied from Aviva Group archives website, used here with thanks and permission